Though more than just a little overwhelmed with things that absolutely positively need to get done, I threw a few minutes into the site this evening. The most notable change is the addition of a search box, which you’ll find in the footer. I figured that given the few requests I’ve had for it, I’d post this to let people know.

There are a few other changes yet to be made, most of which are minor and should go unnoticed.

Meanwhile I’ll try to get more audio done but it may continue to be slow for the rest of March at the very least, in large part because I’ll be leaving Shanghai for a bit this month. Once back I’ll try to find the time to sort through the recordings I’ve already done but not yet transcribed as well as putting some time into making new ones.

Perhaps a little late but still useful for a few more days,

新年好

xin nyi hau

or

[ɕin ɲi hɔ]

Whichever you prefer.

Not sure how I missed this announcement, but here it is:

I’m happy to announce the launch of a new group blog on language in China. Contributors include Sima and Paweł of Echoes of Manchu, Randy of Echoes of Manchu and Yuwen, Syz of Beijing Sounds, Duncan of the Naxi Script Resource Center and myself, of here.

The blog is Sinoglot, found at sinoglot.com. Note that the content is original. That is, it is not simply a replaying of entries from the other sites. We’ve gotten off to a good start and have already had some interesting discussion on many of the articles. Take a look.

More Wu to come.

Today marks one year since the official launch of Annals of Wu. The site was set up in large part to help myself learn as much of the language as I could without formal (or even very directed) study, and I gotta say I’m not disappointed with the results. The comments have one more than one occasion yielded much more interesting directions than I might have been inclined to follow on my own. So thanks to everyone who has left comments and given me something to think about.

For the coming year expect more sound files, more instructional posts and possibly some branching out into other platforms. More on that last one later. I’ll also be adding a search function to the site which is much overdo.

In other news, some of you may have noticed the domain change. That’s part of a larger migration and upcoming project which isn’t quite ready yet. But when it is I think you’ll like it.

Big stuff planned for the year. Stay tuned.